As long as they aren't loaded, cased, and inaccessible you are fine and it all depends where you go as too what inaccessible means. Illinois does allow hunting and while Chicago is a black mark on the whole state, the whole state is not like Chicago
For the record, I think you mean "As long as they aren't loaded, ARE cased, and ARE inaccessible you are fine "
Just trying to keep it clear.
Might want to read up on this decision by the Illinois Supreme Court. If I'm reading it correctly, a factory center console is considered an "enclosed" case.
http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/SupremeCourt/2011/April/109130.pdf
Might want to read up on this decision by the Illinois Supreme Court. If I'm reading it correctly, a factory center console is considered an "enclosed" case.
http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/SupremeCourt/2011/April/109130.pdf
Twice during the presentation of the State’s case, defense counsel sought leave to offer defendant’s Indiana handgun permit into evidence. Counsel argued this permit was a basis for dismissal of the charge of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon under count II because of a provision contained in the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act (FOID Card Act). 430 ILCS 65/2(b)(10) (West 2004). Under the FOID Card Act, an out-of-state resident who possesses a valid permit or license from his state is not required to obtain a FOID card. It was defendant’s position that, because he possessed a valid permit from Indiana, he could not be prosecuted for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. The trial court concluded, as a matter of law, that defendant’s possession of an Indiana permit was not a substitute for a FOID card and, therefore, it was irrelevant. Accordingly, the trial court ruled that defense counsel could not enter defendant’s permit into evidence.
just pisses me off. That judge was a doodoo-head.The trial court also denied defendant’s request to instruct the jury that, because he was a nonresident who was licensed to possess a firearm in his own state, he could lawfully carry a firearm in his vehicle.
It's Illinois. Nothing makes sense. This is where people like Daley and Obammy come from. I always thought they should change the name to Mordor. If certain State Police officers were to find an AR in your vehicle you will scare the hell out of them and they will then tear your car down to the frame. It doesn't really matter that you are perfectly legal, you are something they're just not used to dealing with. They have laws on the books but they won't save you. I go around it or I don't go. But that's just me after living there too long and escaping. Be very careful.
You have to have a current valid FOID to to purchase or possess a firearm or ammo if you are a resident of Illinois. If you're stopped in a vehicle even with your gun unloaded, locked up and inaccessible in accordance with State law and are a resident of Illinois you must have a FOID on your person. The problem is there are a lot of cops (not all of them) that cannot stand the idea of citizens having a handgun. Even if you are doing it legally they will try everything they can to find something to bust you with. To be fair I have known some very good LEOs in Illinois that will not enforce their stupid laws. But as Forrest Gump says, you don't never know what you're gonna get.
Okay, so I have family that is just NW of Chicago (still in the burbs). So if my wife and I travel there, and although we cannot CC or OC, we can still bring our handguns, but they HAVE to be unloaded and locked in a case out of our reach. Being that we are Indiana residents and not Illinois, we should be satisfied under their normal transportation laws, and as such do not LEGALLY have to have a FOID card? ...unless the local leo has a problem with guns...